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# It's permissible to get engaged during the Sefirah.<ref> Mishna Brura 493:3 </ref> However one may not have musical instruments and one shouldn't dance. <ref> Nitei Gavriel (Pesach v. 3, 51:5), Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #45), Hanisuin Kihilchatam pg. 122 and Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:11:18 </ref> | # It's permissible to get engaged during the Sefirah.<ref> Mishna Brura 493:3 </ref> However one may not have musical instruments and one shouldn't dance. <ref> Nitei Gavriel (Pesach v. 3, 51:5), Maamer Mordechai of Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Sefirat HaOmer #45), Hanisuin Kihilchatam pg. 122 and Halichot Shlomo Moadim 2:11:18 </ref> | ||
# In general, it is permitted to have meals with friends during the sefira unlike regular mourning. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 493:1</ref> | # In general, it is permitted to have meals with friends during the sefira unlike regular mourning. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch HaRav 493:1</ref> | ||
===Celebrating a Bar Mitzva=== | |||
# It is permissible to celebrate a bar mitzva with dancing during sefira, but without music.<ref> Shulchan HaLevi pg. 135</ref> | |||
===Cutting hair=== | ===Cutting hair=== | ||
# In commemoration of the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva, the minhag is not to cut one’s hair during sefira. Although many minhagim exist, the common minhag is that Sephardim don’t cut their hair until the 34th day of sefira in the morning and Ashkenazim don’t cut their hair until the 33rd in the morning.<ref> | # In commemoration of the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva, the minhag is not to cut one’s hair during sefira. Although many minhagim exist, the common minhag is that Sephardim don’t cut their hair until the 34th day of sefira in the morning and Ashkenazim don’t cut their hair until the 33rd in the morning.<ref> | ||
